On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 11:14:19AM -0400, Joe Landman wrote:
>> Most people will read that online in their browser.
>> (Unless they're blind, which is actually one of
>> the reasons why I'm doing it).
>> I see (no pun intended). So this is an altruistic service on your part?
I hope so.
> Because we, on the Beowulf list, have numerous vision-impaired readers?
I'm doing this for dozens of lists. Beowulf@ is just a sideshow.
> Whose tools are unable to handle links correctly?
>> I am sorry, this simply doesn't make any sense, and I'm not buying it.
>>>>>> Please stop posting full articles.
>>>> I can tell you that the number of hits on the article
>> will definitely not diminish by me posting them.
>> [...]
>>> You seem to think that I'm stealing the eyeballs from
>> the authors. I'm not sure this is correct, unless
>> there is empirical evidence for it.
>> No Eugen, you are stealing revenue from them by *reducing* the number of
> people that will hit their site, diminishing their possible advertising
No, I'm *increasing* the number of people who will hit their site by
posting the article. In some cases that will be thousands or ten
thousands of additional hits.
> revenue. And in the process, you are opening up the ownership and
> management of the list to potential liability in jurisdictions where the
> servers are located (the US), for copyright violations.
I'm not in the US/IANAL so I'm not sure how much this is a problem in
practice.
> Never mind the bad etiquette in doing so. You simply do not want to
> make the very limited media that follow this market, less interested in
> doing so, as it would be less profitable for them to do so.
>> The correct way to do this is to post a short snip from the article, and
> then the link. Anything else amounts to stealing revenue from them, and
> reproduction of their work without consent (which is a thorny issue here
> in the US, where the servers and folks whom own the systems, are
> located).
If this is an actual problem I'm going to stop posting anything but OC.
>> [ADMIN_request]
>> Please indicate list policy on this.
Yes, please. I don't want to get any bystanders into hot water.
> [/ADMIN_request]